--- title: 'Business Operations Associate at Treeswift Inc' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/business-operations-associate-treeswift-inc-new-york-44een4895rvb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Business Operations Associate at Treeswift Inc - **Company:** Treeswift Inc - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-08-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/treeswift/d74c19a1-ec0e-4f99-828d-a37c3bab1ef3 ## Job description ## About Treeswift The way energy companies manage their infrastructure hasn't kept pace with the challenges they face. Treeswift is changing that, helping utilities modernize their field operations with AI-powered technology that reduces risk, improves reliability, and scales with the demands of a rapidly changing grid. We deploy AI-powered sensor systems into utility field operations, mounted on backpacks and vehicles, to collect LiDAR and imagery data at scale. Our models turn that raw data into actionable intelligence: reducing wildfire, outage, and regulatory risk from vegetation; preventing cost overruns on new construction; and accelerating recovery after storms. Since our first utility pilot in June 2024, we've grown to work with three of the five largest utilities in the United States. We're just getting started. Our team brings deep experience from Penn, Caltech, CMU, Palantir, Stripe, MongoDB, and Oracle, and we're backed by leading investors including Penny Pritzker's Inspired Capital. We're headquartered in lower Manhattan with an office in Philadelphia and field presence across the country. We're moving fast on a problem that matters. The work we do has real consequences for real people, and there's a lot of runway ahead, including time in the field with our customers. Come build it with us The Position: Treeswift is hiring a Business Operations Associate to join a small, high-performing team responsible for many of the operational systems and cross-functional workstreams that keep the company running and enable it to scale. You will report to the Head of Business Operations. This is an early-career role for a highly analytical, highly competent generalist who wants to become an exceptional startup operator. You will gain broad exposure across finance, people operations, legal and compliance, vendor management, internal systems, and strategic projects. The work is intentionally varied. In the same week, you might build analysis for a leadership decision, coordinate a contract or insurance renewal, improve a recurring workflow, prepare a concise project update, and make sure a time-sensitive cross-functional initiative reaches completion. The value you create will come from combining structured thinking with excellent execution. You will begin by owning clearly scoped processes and project components, and your scope will expand quickly as you demonstrate judgment, accuracy, and follow-through. What You'll Do: - Own day-to-day operational workflows across finance, legal, people operations, vendor management, and internal systems, ensuring work is completed accurately and on time. - Build analyses, financial models, dashboards, and decision materials to support leadership on budgeting, hiring, vendor, and strategic decisions. - Coordinate cross-functional projects from kickoff to completion, driving alignment, accountability, and timely execution. - Improve the way we operate by documenting processes, building lightweight automations, and identifying opportunities to make workflows more efficient. - Manage and maintain core business systems (e.g. Notion, Justworks, Google Drive) with a focus on accuracy, organization, and scalability. - Take ownership of high-priority, fast-moving projects across the business, using sound judgment to solve problems and drive results with increasing independence. Who You Are: - 3+ years of full-time experience in strategy, finance, or operations at a fast-growing technology company. Investment banking or management consulting experience is also considered. - Strong quantitative and spreadsheet skills in Excel or Google Sheets, including the ability to structure an analysis from incomplete inputs and clearly explain the conclusion. - Excellent written communication and the ability to turn messy information into concise, decision-ready output. - Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and follow-through across multiple concurrent workstreams. - High agency and resourcefulness: you can make meaningful progress without perfect instructions and know when additional context is genuinely needed. - Sound judgment about when to make a recommendation, when to ask a question, and when to escalate an issue. - Discretion when working with confidential financial, legal, people, customer, or company information. - Willingness to handle both analytical work and the detailed operational follow-through required to implement it. - Comfort with rapid context switching, direct feedback, and a fast-moving environment with high accountability. - Experience with regulated industries, hardware, infrastructure, utilities, or government-adjacent work is a plus, but not required. Bonus Points For: - Prior experience at an early-stage startup, especially building operational processes, improving internal systems, or managing cross-functional projects. - Exposure to utilities, energy, infrastructure, hardware, or other regulated industries. - Experience with vegetation management, forestry, geospatial data, or related technical domains. What we offer: - Treeswift Equity - Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance - Unlimited vacation policy and company holidays - Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life. - Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability. - Company paid parental leave - Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans ## What We Value - Mission first. We value team members who are focused on working towards the best outcomes for the customer and the business. - Curiosity. We are constantly learning – from each other and from our customers.. We aren’t afraid to learn we were wrong in the process and adapt our approach accordingly. - Owners mindset. If you see an opportunity for improvement, run with it. We believe that good ideas can come from anywhere, no matter your role. The estimated base salary range for this role is $125,000 to $140,000. Final compensation is determined by skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and does not include the value of any bonuses, benefits, or long-term incentives. This range is disclosed in compliance with the New York City Human Rights Law and applies to NYC-based roles. Compensation may vary for candidates located outside of New York City. Treeswift  is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, whether it be alternate forms of material, accessible meeting rooms, etc., please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. ## About Treeswift Inc ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Treeswift builds physical AI and robotics solutions that augment field crews for utility grid construction, vegetation management, and asset inspection. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (also maintains an office in lower Manhattan) - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Steven Chen (CEO & Co-Founder), Bianca Rahill-Marier (COO & Co-Founder), Michael Shomin (CTO & Co-Founder), Vaibhav Arcot (Co-Founder & Senior Software Engineer) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Physical AI / Robotics for Utility Infrastructure & Vegetation Management - **Target customers**: Large electric utilities across the United States (including PG&E and two of the other five largest utilities in the country) - **Mission statement**: Build physical AI that puts people at the center of the work, not on the sidelines — helping the people who build and maintain the physical world get more done. ## Products & Services - **Treeswift Field Data Platform**: A software platform that integrates with utilities’ existing GIS and planning tools. It processes data from backpack and vehicle-mounted sensors (imagery, LiDAR, GPS, voice) to deliver actionable analytics and 360° field context for construction, vegetation management, asset inspections, and disaster response. - **Backpack & Vehicle-Mounted Sensors**: Hardware kits that seamlessly integrate into existing patrols (on foot or by vehicle) to gather high-resolution ground measurements in any environment — from city sidewalks to remote backcountry. - **AI-Powered Analytics Engine**: Computer vision and machine learning tools that translate raw field data into automated measurements, counts, forms, and reports — reducing the manual busywork for highly skilled field crews. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$21.7M** across multiple rounds; estimated annual revenue of **$2.1M** - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Inspired Capital (Penny Pritzker), Pathbreaker Ventures, Crosslink Capital, TenOneTen Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, National Science Foundation (grant) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew **100% YoY** (from ~11 to 36 employees) - Active job postings up **550% year-over-year** - Works with PG&E and two of the five largest U.S. utilities - Filed 5 patents (topics include forest ecology, forest management, forest modelling) - Expanding into disaster response and black sky (storm/outage) use cases ## Competitive Advantages - **Niche focus on electric grid labor augmentation**: Addresses a critical and growing need as electricity demand surges from data centers and new industry — utilities must build and maintain more infrastructure while managing wildfire, storm, and compliance risks. - **PhD-level robotics & AI team**: Founders and technical leads hold PhDs from University of Pennsylvania, Caltech, and Carnegie Mellon University, with deep expertise in robot perception, machine learning, and autonomous systems. - **Enterprise DNA**: Leadership team includes former product leaders from Palantir Foundry (built the product suite for business users), plus veterans from Stripe, Oracle, and MongoDB. - **Field operations expertise**: Team includes arborists and vegetation management specialists from the National Park Service and USFS, giving them rare domain credibility with utility crews. - **Patented technology**: 5 patents covering autonomous scanning, forest representation, and tracking/monitoring of geographic regions. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling across the U.S. utility market**: Expanding partnerships with major utilities beyond PG&E to address the nationwide grid modernization challenge. - **Expanding use cases**: Moving from vegetation management into construction monitoring, asset inspection, and disaster response (both proactive “blue sky” and reactive “black sky” scenarios). - **Growing the engineering and field operations teams**: 13 active job openings spanning machine learning, site reliability, hardware operations, recruiting, finance, and deployment. - **Product development**: Continuing to build AI that works in any environment (urban, remote, all weather conditions) and integrates with any system utilities already use. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-driven work**: Tackle critical infrastructure and climate resilience challenges — helping prevent wildfires, improve grid reliability, and keep electricity affordable. - **Cutting-edge technology**: Work on physical AI combining robotics, computer vision, LiDAR, and machine learning in real-world outdoor environments. - **Strong team culture**: Described as “mission-driven experts” with backgrounds in robotics research (Penn, Caltech, CMU) and enterprise software (Palantir, Stripe, Oracle, MongoDB). - **High growth trajectory**: 100% headcount growth YoY, recently closed Series A, and expanding rapidly with 13 open positions. - **Hybrid/office presence**: Headquarters in Philadelphia (3401 Grays Ferry Ave) with an additional office in lower Manhattan; customer-facing team members located near utility partners across the country. - **Diverse team composition**: 36 employees across technical (30%), general management, consulting, product, project management, sales, HR, finance, and operations. - **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on patented technology with real-world impact; strong alumni network from top tech companies and universities. ## Sources 1. [treeswift.com](https://www.treeswift.com/) 2. [treeswift.com/team](https://treeswift.com/team) 3. [linkedin.com/company/treeswift](https://www.linkedin.com/company/treeswift) 4. [cbinsights.com/company/treeswift](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/treeswift) 5. 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